I’m sure by now you have all heard about this fabulous Chanel ‘Paradoxale’ dupe from a drugstore and given that it IS Spring already, it’s simply old news… Still, let me just tell you that I am glad I didn’t fork out those hard earned bucks for the designer version.
Why? Well, while both ‘Perplex’ and ‘Paradoxale’ look amazing in the bottle and in online swatches, the former simply doesn’t show up that pretty on my nails. In daylight, it just looks like a dark mudded purple with a cream finish. In my living room, it looks like a warmer dark purple with a faint trace of violet shimmer. In my bathroom, it looks like a warm purplish brown with purple shimmer. Overall, there’s very little of the duochrome actually visible once it’s on the nails.
Do get it however if you’re still interested in the shade, firstly because it’s certainly quite unique, and secondly because it might look different on you. It’s one of those weird colors that seem to morph from person to person. Oh, and of course, the quality is very nice: opaque in 2 coats, shiny, no chipping and little tip wear for 5 days on me (bear in mind though that I do use both a basecoat and a topcoat).Have you tried the famous ‘Paradoxale’ or any of its cheaper dupes?
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